Opinions on marijauna - Think Atheist2015-08-03T01:08:17Zhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/forum/topics/opinions-on-marijauna?xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI'm sure there are also times…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2012-09-10:1982180:Comment:11784682012-09-10T12:38:30.032Zarchaeopteryxhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/xn/detail/u_2gskiyna07rt3
<p>I'm sure there are also times when he would say, "That boy ain't right --"</p>
<p>I'm sure there are also times when he would say, "That boy ain't right --"</p> I'm much younger and prettier…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2012-09-10:1982180:Comment:11783862012-09-10T11:07:00.778ZHank Hellhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/HankHell
<p>I'm much younger and prettier then hank hill, I promise. I just like him as an avatar because he is really the antithisis of every thing we discuss here. This site would make him go Bwahh!!!</p>
<p>I'm much younger and prettier then hank hill, I promise. I just like him as an avatar because he is really the antithisis of every thing we discuss here. This site would make him go Bwahh!!!</p> Banning mind-altering substan…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2012-09-09:1982180:Comment:11783912012-09-09T16:58:19.908ZStregahttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/MzStrega
<p>Banning mind-altering substances hasn't really worked, has it? </p>
<p>Which is worse? </p>
<p>a) A guy gets into a fight/beats his wife/crashes his car, whilst drunk/high.</p>
<p>b) A guy gets into a fight/beats his wife/crashes his car, whilst sober/straight.</p>
<p><br></br>Answer - they are both equally bad. Criminalize the behavior, not the excuse. If you refuse to accept the excuse that the perpetrator has voluntarily taken a substance which encouraged the crime/anti-social act, then you…</p>
<p>Banning mind-altering substances hasn't really worked, has it? </p>
<p>Which is worse? </p>
<p>a) A guy gets into a fight/beats his wife/crashes his car, whilst drunk/high.</p>
<p>b) A guy gets into a fight/beats his wife/crashes his car, whilst sober/straight.</p>
<p><br/>Answer - they are both equally bad. Criminalize the behavior, not the excuse. If you refuse to accept the excuse that the perpetrator has voluntarily taken a substance which encouraged the crime/anti-social act, then you begin to hold the perpetrator responsible for his own actions, including the action of voluntarily doing something to exacerbate such bad behavior.</p>
<p>If I poke myself in the eyes before I get into a car and drive, I am likely to not be able to see well enough to drive safely. Should we criminalize poking oneself in the eyes?</p>
<p>Who is to blame when an anti-social act is carried out? The perpetrator. If the perpetrator has in some manner ingested something to increase his chances of anti-social behavior, that's his problem.</p>
<p>Stop wasting time and resources to place bans on substances that you really have no effective way of enforcing, and instead, legalize and tax those substances and use the vast income, coupled with freed up police time and reduced jail occupancy, to manage the actions of those people unwilling or unable to manage themselves.</p>
<p><br/>Peace</p> TMI! - you're free to do what…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2012-09-09:1982180:Comment:11780892012-09-09T15:41:58.789Zarchaeopteryxhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/xn/detail/u_2gskiyna07rt3
<p><strong>TMI!</strong> - you're free to do what you like, but I'm gonna have a problem watching "<em>King of the Hill</em>" from now on, without seeing Hank in a spaghetti-strap and stiletto heels - not, as Seinfeld might say, that there's anything wrong with that --</p>
<p><strong>TMI!</strong> - you're free to do what you like, but I'm gonna have a problem watching "<em>King of the Hill</em>" from now on, without seeing Hank in a spaghetti-strap and stiletto heels - not, as Seinfeld might say, that there's anything wrong with that --</p> You said the minute I step ou…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2012-09-09:1982180:Comment:11780842012-09-09T12:43:32.047ZHank Hellhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/HankHell
<p>You said the minute I step outside it becomes everyones buisness. Thats where I take offense, driving is one thing but If I want to walk around high thats my buisness, If I do somthing bad then I'm ofcourse responsable for it but untill I do somthing bad My buisness is my buisness. People who smoke weed are "paranoid" because their used to other people trying to take lordship over their body for the sake of some fraudulant idiot morality like christianity or communism. I am also a…</p>
<p>You said the minute I step outside it becomes everyones buisness. Thats where I take offense, driving is one thing but If I want to walk around high thats my buisness, If I do somthing bad then I'm ofcourse responsable for it but untill I do somthing bad My buisness is my buisness. People who smoke weed are "paranoid" because their used to other people trying to take lordship over their body for the sake of some fraudulant idiot morality like christianity or communism. I am also a transvestite, do you want to tell me what cloths I'm alowd to wear? If I'm walking down the street dressed like a girl and I distract a truck driver and he veers off the road, well that could cause an accident right? So because it might possibly cause an accident society needs to team up and strip me of my dignity and right to make my own decisions. I feel like you and the corpse worshipers have a lot in common idiologicaly, you just come to simmilar conclusions through differing paths is all.</p> Well then your point equally…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2012-09-09:1982180:Comment:11779552012-09-09T03:40:09.576ZHeather Spoonheimhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/HeatherSpoonheim
<p>Well then your point equally well applies to anyone who leaves the house without having slept 8 of the past 24 hours. If you feel weed causes some sort of problematic behavior then spit it out - otherwise drop it.</p>
<p>Well then your point equally well applies to anyone who leaves the house without having slept 8 of the past 24 hours. If you feel weed causes some sort of problematic behavior then spit it out - otherwise drop it.</p> Perhaps I should have said yo…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2012-09-09:1982180:Comment:11780422012-09-09T03:36:21.893ZBob MacVayhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/BobMacVay
<p>Perhaps I should have said you have the potential of making it somebody's business. As you pointed out "It only becomes someone else's business WHEN it's the cause of some misbehavior or of an accident." Doesn't this contradict the " It's nobody's business" theory?</p>
<p>Perhaps I should have said you have the potential of making it somebody's business. As you pointed out "It only becomes someone else's business WHEN it's the cause of some misbehavior or of an accident." Doesn't this contradict the " It's nobody's business" theory?</p> Heather, I am suprised you wo…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2012-09-09:1982180:Comment:11781162012-09-09T03:24:02.728ZBob MacVayhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/BobMacVay
<p>Heather, I am suprised you would make a statement as broad as "their behavior is never aggressive or a public nuisance" but that being said, I never said it was. I said it affects perception and reaction time and as a person with a great deal of experience with weed ,I feel you would have to agree. As expressed in two other discussions on this site, I was simply trying to make the point that people have to be prepared to take responsibility for their actions and the attitude that what they…</p>
<p>Heather, I am suprised you would make a statement as broad as "their behavior is never aggressive or a public nuisance" but that being said, I never said it was. I said it affects perception and reaction time and as a person with a great deal of experience with weed ,I feel you would have to agree. As expressed in two other discussions on this site, I was simply trying to make the point that people have to be prepared to take responsibility for their actions and the attitude that what they ingest is nobody's business is irresponsible in nature.I also agreed it is likely less harmfull than alcohol but I found a lot of weed supporters go on the offensive as soon as they see anything negative being said about smoking weed. </p> Maybe you should read your ow…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2012-09-09:1982180:Comment:11779532012-09-09T03:14:52.492ZUnseenhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/Unseen
<p>Maybe you should read your own posts. You wrote "you end up making it somebody's business the instant you interact with someone else." NOT when you have an accident. Not when using the drug causes some sort of harm or negative impact.</p>
<p>I do know how to read English.</p>
<p>Maybe you should read your own posts. You wrote "you end up making it somebody's business the instant you interact with someone else." NOT when you have an accident. Not when using the drug causes some sort of harm or negative impact.</p>
<p>I do know how to read English.</p> What I am saying is there com…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2012-09-09:1982180:Comment:11780412012-09-09T02:53:40.702ZBob MacVayhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/BobMacVay
<p>What I am saying is there comes a time when you have to be prepared to take responsibility for your actions. I didn't say it only applies to weed. I said if, for example, an accident occurs and it can be proved the person responsible was under the influence of a drug, they could be held accountable and in that case it becomes someone else's business what you may have ingested. Tell me people that smoke weed a lot don't become paranoid about anyone who says anything negative about smoking…</p>
<p>What I am saying is there comes a time when you have to be prepared to take responsibility for your actions. I didn't say it only applies to weed. I said if, for example, an accident occurs and it can be proved the person responsible was under the influence of a drug, they could be held accountable and in that case it becomes someone else's business what you may have ingested. Tell me people that smoke weed a lot don't become paranoid about anyone who says anything negative about smoking weed.</p>